What is sea buckthorn?

Sea buckthorn is a very nutritious food. It is a plant that is not common in life. Many people have never seen it and don’t know what it is. This is because sea buckthorn is rare in our south and mainly grows in arid areas. Sea buckthorn has many functions and is very good for the body. Sea buckthorn can also be used as medicine. So what exactly is sea buckthorn? Let me introduce it to you below.

Seabuckthorn (English: sea-buckthorn) is a deciduous shrub that is drought-resistant and resistant to wind and sand. It can survive on salinized land and is therefore widely used in soil and water conservation. Sea buckthorn is grown in large quantities in northwest China for desert greening. Sea buckthorn fruit is high in vitamin C and is known as the king of vitamin C.

Sea buckthorn is a general term for plants and their fruits. The plant sea buckthorn belongs to the genus Hippophae rhamnoides of the Elaeagnaceae family and is a deciduous shrub. It is distributed in North China, Northwest China, Southwest China and other places in China. Seabuckthorn is a plant that can be used as both medicine and food. The roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of sea buckthorn, especially the fruits of sea buckthorn, are rich in nutrients and bioactive substances and can be widely used in many fields of the national economy, such as food, medicine, light industry, aerospace, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery. Seabuckthorn fruit can be used as medicine to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, invigorate the stomach and aid digestion, and promote blood circulation and relieve blood stasis. Modern medical research shows that seabuckthorn can lower cholesterol, relieve angina attacks, and prevent and treat coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.

Pharmacological Action

Sea buckthorn fruit and oil have high medicinal value. They can lower cholesterol, cure angina pectoris, and prevent and treat coronary atherosclerotic heart disease. They have the effects of expectoration, cough relief, asthma relief and treatment of chronic bronchitis. They can treat gastric and duodenal ulcers and indigestion, and have significant effects on chronic superficial gastritis, atrophic gastritis, colitis and other diseases. They have a good therapeutic effect on burns, scalds, knife burns and frostbite; they have a good therapeutic effect on cervical erosion in women.

The above article is the relevant information I introduced to you about what sea buckthorn is. Now everyone should know it. I believe that everyone’s knowledge should be broader now. Sea buckthorn is particularly rich in nutrients, mainly containing vitamins and many trace elements. It can replenish the body’s energy in time and has many benefits to human health.